Western Morning News

Cryptic crossword

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Across

1 Fish for the trout swimming around Birkenhead (6) 7 One's little mate with a place across the road (8) 8 A frontier row? (4) 10 Being simply whacked, unable to avoid defeat (6) 11 As you may demand, is packed in tins (6) 14 Through having no luck, perchance (3) 16 It'll give you the news on the 4th of July (5) 17 Regarded as having vision (4) 19 Search and rob of a weapon (5) 21 Flirt with many a friend (5) 22 How one might deny being frigid? (5) 23 Short engagement­s (4) 26 Nero, for instance, was

in a right state! (5) 28 He'll throw nothing out of the back door! (3) 29 New to being employed by the UN (6) 30 Come round when given another loan? (6) 31 King who went away with heavy heart (4) 32 Traveller interested in a new place (8) 33 Delivery of a herbal extract to a northern city (6)

Down

1 Voice of a boy of three? (6) 2 Teased a bit, maybe by the Editor (6) 3 Rent to some sailors (4) 4 How a mortise and tenon can be considered (7) 5 Such defence is obviously inoffensiv­e (5) 6 Tryingly irritable (5) 8 Perfect ending to "King Kong", as on video (4) 9 Always five short (3) 12 Take the diocesan view (3) 13 Threw a pest out of Preston's north end (5) 15 Princely testaments? (5) 18 In Canada, it's more than a kingdom (5) 19 The type to show little gratitude (3) 20 It's smart to go by air (3) 21 Finished being served by a houseworke­r (4,3) 22 Needs to be in phase (3) 23 Club player (6) 24 The thought I had for every one (4) 25 One easily painted? (6) 26 Draws the line unwavering­ly (5) 27 Mother has an afterthoug­ht – a complaint (5) 28 Diminutive whistler (3) 30 After some errors, he's simply finished (4)

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